piccatarata.bsky.social @piccatarata.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This is the flip side of men who say, “I couldn’t have raped her—she’s not attractive enough.” Ugly people get raped, old people get raped, and disabled people get raped because it’s not about sexual attraction. 000
Reposted by @piccatarata.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026ICE is now separating children from their parents in the nation’s interior and deeming them “unaccompanied.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.com“You kidnapped my son”ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.” 44059043743
Reposted by @piccatarata.bsky.socialAnna Lind-Guzik @alindguzik.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Hard to think of anything less abstract and more materially consequential than being pregnant 972068465
piccatarata.bsky.social @piccatarata.bsky.social · 05/10/2026He doesn’t think women are capable of having thoughts, does he? 010
Reposted by @piccatarata.bsky.socialFr Chase 🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁 @kalanthropos.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Youth pastor voice 16887144
Reposted by @piccatarata.bsky.socialDean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Elon Musk is shutting down the Catholic Bishops in Brazil account on X to help the right-wing win the election there paydayreport.com/x-blocks-acc...paydayreport.comX Blocks Account of National Conference of Bishops of Brasil As Catholics Back LulaPolls show Catholics backing Lula as the church denounces foreign interference. 581261706
Reposted by @piccatarata.bsky.socialDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This serves as advertisement for Alex Gibney’s documentary, Musk, opening October 9. Pass it on.hollywoodreporter.comThe Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing. 3024121511
piccatarata.bsky.social @piccatarata.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I bet Trump thought he had asked to have his name added to the Lincoln Center, right? And he’s so dumb (with a b!) that he mistakenly asked for Ford Theater. 000
piccatarata.bsky.social @piccatarata.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I shouldn’t just write, “Fuck them” after every post that mentions Trump or the Trump administration, should I? 000
Reposted by @piccatarata.bsky.socialGeoff Bowden @geoffbowden.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The first thing a Dem Congress does is pass a resolution saying the President is not immune from any prosecution, and remove it from SC jurisdiction. 855671
Reposted by @piccatarata.bsky.socialSchrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Please know that this is one of my few legitimate areas of actual, high-level professional expertise: Kicking the healthiest people off of a health insurance program will bankrupt it. Not 'could;' not 'might,' not 'probably," but absolutely will, with mathematical certainty. 25768222249
Reposted by @piccatarata.bsky.socialRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Most Germans weren't Nazis They stayed quiet to keep their jobs, their safety, and their comfortable lives. That silence was the oxygen fascism needed to take root. By the time the horrors were undeniable, the trap had already snapped shut, and resistance meant certain death. 36780338
Reposted by @piccatarata.bsky.socialKatie Hodges-Kluck, PhD @klhkhistorian.bsky.social · 20/09/2026**Lights Out Alert Sunday & Monday Nights** Birdcast is estimating 300-400 million birds will be in flight. 291672887
Reposted by @piccatarata.bsky.socialBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026you can learn a lot about America by remembering that this man lived through the coronavirus 141846295
Reposted by @piccatarata.bsky.socialAda Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026The world’s largest battery-electric aircraft flew for the first time on the 12th of August, a 27-minute test flight over upstate New York that cost about five dollars in electricity. Heart Aerospace’s 30-seat prototype is a big step toward a commercial version. buff.ly/i3f0PhR #ShareGoodNewsTootechspot.comThe largest all-electric plane ever flew for 27 minutes, on $5 of electricityHeart's X1 demonstrator flew for 27 minutes from a regional airport in upstate New York, running on battery power the entire time. The aircraft reached 1,100 feet... 191042293
piccatarata.bsky.social @piccatarata.bsky.social · 19/09/2026If the world is accidentally destroyed, who is going to be bringing the lawsuit? Absolute bullshit. 000
piccatarata.bsky.social @piccatarata.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Two of my aunts had polio as children. They both survived but one needed multiple surgeries and is almost completely incapacitated by post-polio syndrome. She frequently doesn’t even have the energy to socialize and uses a microphone when she does so she can conserve energy. 000
Reposted by @piccatarata.bsky.socialTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026$500, some highlighters, and ten days to wrap it up. Treat candidates like we treat teachers. 332694387
Reposted by @piccatarata.bsky.socialGabrielle Gozo @gabriellegozo.com · 03/09/2026CHATGPT AND CLAUDE ARE DOWN!! Teachers, time for an exam 382218266
Reposted by @piccatarata.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/09/2026This is why you can't have healthcare. www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigratio…nbcnews.comICE plans to buy robot ‘dogs’ for some immigration enforcement operationsThe doglike robots are equipped with cameras and sensors that can detect chemicals and would be used in situations that 921118904659
piccatarata.bsky.social @piccatarata.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I hate this government and the people who support it. 000
piccatarata.bsky.social @piccatarata.bsky.social · 22/08/2026I wonder who could possibly help with this problem? Isn’t there someone with connections in the black community, who also has political experience, and who maybe got gerrymandered out of their seat who could make a difference? 110
Reposted by @piccatarata.bsky.socialKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 21/08/2026The right taking the misogyny angle on Natalie Harp is interesting because I think, based on her letters to him, one could easily argue the president is emotionally abusing and taking advantage of a vulnerable and potentially unstable woman 581738202
Reposted by @piccatarata.bsky.socialAnjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Natalie Harp is one year older than Zohran Mamdani, one year younger than Alexandra Ocasio Cortez, and five years younger than my grandmother was when I was born. She is four years younger than Jon Ossoff; they are peers. 201287255
piccatarata.bsky.social @piccatarata.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Doing his same shit: when he doesn’t like the facts he sues to hide them. 000
Reposted by @piccatarata.bsky.socialCenter for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Lawyers for President Donald Trump issued a letter demanding the Center for American Progress retract a factual report or face a $5 billion lawsuit.americanprogress.orgSTATEMENT: Baseless Threats Won't Stop Our Independent Research, Says CAP's Neera Tanden 19282100
piccatarata.bsky.social @piccatarata.bsky.social · 21/08/2026When the Catholic bishops understand the US constitution better than Florida officials do… 011
Reposted by @piccatarata.bsky.socialThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 20/08/2026The Bureau of Land Management is rounding up thousands of mustangs around the U.S. and quietly selling them on the cheap to buyers who are exporting them for slaughter abroad, an examination of government records by The New York Times found. nyti.ms/4grb8Co 1411000775
Reposted by @piccatarata.bsky.socialashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 20/08/2026if we want to win the midterms, let's turn out the horse girls.nytimes.comUnder Trump, Protected Wild Horses Are Going to Slaughter (Gift Article)A legal loophole allows the government to sell mustangs on the cheap, stripping them of protections and clearing their path to destruction. 30952327
Reposted by @piccatarata.bsky.socialJen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 17/08/2026“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...ysph.yale.eduUniversal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study ProjectsA single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it 595165437122
piccatarata.bsky.social @piccatarata.bsky.social · 15/08/2026You know how some people are still suspicious of Germans? Now that’s us, in perpetuity. 000
piccatarata.bsky.social @piccatarata.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Well duh, who’re they gonna fuck if there aren’t any children? 000
piccatarata.bsky.social @piccatarata.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Maybe they shouldn’t be accepting the free rides in the first place? Just spitballing… 000
Reposted by @piccatarata.bsky.socialℝ𝕖𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕓𝕝𝕦𝕖 @rebelb1ue.bsky.social · 11/08/2026I’m not an immunologist, but there appears to be a strong positive correlation between vaccine skepticism and being an insufferable asshole. 350113981986
Reposted by @piccatarata.bsky.socialJack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Today in @thenation.com: a harrowing piece written from inside the Dilley ICE detention center by Maryam Tahmasebi, a green card holder who's been locked up along with her husband and son for months despite none of them committing any crime. www.thenation.com/article/soci...thenation.comOne Woman’s Message From the Hell of ICE DetentionMy husband, son, and I have been locked up for months—despite being permanent residents with no criminal record. It is an unendurable, unending nightmare. 11835222210
piccatarata.bsky.social @piccatarata.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Is he thinking of I.V. bags? Nevermind, of course he’s not thinking. 010
piccatarata.bsky.social @piccatarata.bsky.social · 11/08/2026I suppose that’s one way for it to cost us even more money to have the president golf badly. 000
Reposted by @piccatarata.bsky.socialDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 10/08/2026Important: Trump’s executive order is NOT legislation. Though the executive order promotes more misinformation about vaccines, nothing has changed about the availability of childhood vaccines. For evidence-based guidance, please follow and share American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations. 3023001315
piccatarata.bsky.social @piccatarata.bsky.social · 11/08/2026I think this is the source of most, if not all, of our problems in the US. In Japanese elem schools, the students, even v. young children, do most janitorial work. This teaches respect for public spaces, custodial workers, and other citizens. US parents would pitch a fit if we implemented this. 000
piccatarata.bsky.social @piccatarata.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Did we domesticate dogs or did they domesticate us? There is scant evidence I would love this as much as I do if I weren’t domesticated by them. 000
piccatarata.bsky.social @piccatarata.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Tell me you never took any of your five children to their doctor appointments without telling me you never took any of your five children to their doctor appointments. 010
Reposted by @piccatarata.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10/08/2026This cruelty has no need but cruelty. Haiti remains deeply dangerous; a country in the throes of anarchy. Hundreds of thousands of people are SAFE. They are safe. They are safe here and the nation has decided to make them unsafe. We are embarking on a tragedy and we cannot look away. We cannot. 15561342409
Reposted by @piccatarata.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 06/08/2026fool me once. 1354248476
piccatarata.bsky.social @piccatarata.bsky.social · 06/08/2026This! Women, and especially black women, get to be leaders often only when the institutions they are tasked with leading are nearly irreparably broken. 010
